According to “Bi-bi-si», Adidas, which is the largest sponsor of the IAAF, last week informed the federation to terminate the cooperation. Thus, the German company has executed his threat, announced in November last year when a report by the World Doping Agency Abuse athletics.
According to the British broadcaster, the point in cooperation IAAF Adidas decided to put after a new report , to expose corruption in the federation, which was published in mid-January.
The sponsorship contract was signed with Adidas IAAF in 2008 and was designed for 11 years. During this time, the international federation was to receive about 33 million dollars. However, the sources of “Bi-bi-si” indicate that in reality the German company paid about $ 8 million a year. This means that in the next 4 years will not be counted IAAF about $ 30 million.
It is unclear whether the International Federation of Athletics to challenge the decision in court Adidas. According to the TV, the German company is ready for such an eventuality.
The doping scandal erupted on November 9 when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accused the Ministry of Sports and the FSB of interfering in the work of the accredited anti-doping laboratory, which is located in Moscow. According to WADA, in late 2014, the head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory Gregory Rodchenkov personally ordered to destroy 1,417 doping tests before checking. As suggested by WADA, data on the use of illicit drugs by Russian sportsmen ignored the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). In this regard, it urged WADA to suspend domestic athletes from international competitions (including the Olympic Games 2016), until it is proved that the athletes did not use doping.
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